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Environmental effects of dredging. Interim results: The relationship between sediment organic carbon and biological uptake of contaminants. Technical note

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:111904
This technical note describes testing conducted to determine the partitioning of contaminants between sediment organic carbon and sediment interstitial water, assess the effects of sediment organic carbon upon bioaccumulation of a selected polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) by two organisms, and investigate the accuracy of the apparent preference factor as a predictive tool by comparing predicted uptake with actual uptake.
Research Organization:
Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS (United States)
OSTI ID:
111904
Report Number(s):
AD-A--293004/8/XAB; EEDP--01-25
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English